Vending-machine.



No. 882,923. PATBNTED MAR. 24, 1908. E. B. BIGKER & C. R. SGHILLING.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED Anna, 1907.

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v PATENTBD MAR. 24, 1908. E. B. BIOKER & 0. R. SOHILLING.

- VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1907.

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EDGAR B. BICKE-R AND CHARLES R. SCHILLING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIG'NORS ()l ONE-HALF TO SAID BIGKER AND ONE-HALF TO HARRY H. NOLTE. ()F ST. LOljIS,

MISSOURI.

VENDING-.-MA CHINE No. ss2,e2s.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April '3, 1907.

Patented March 24, 1908. Serial No. 366,135.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDGAR B. BICKER lmpro venient in Vending-Machines, of which the followingis a. full, clear, and exact de scription, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it ap'pertains to make and use the same, reference heing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved vending machine, a ortion of the easing being hrokenlawa v to sliow the construction of the ejecting; device located therein; fill ig. :2 is e detail view showing a. portion of the machine with the lid of the casing tilted back Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. "l Fig. is a sectional view taken on the l ne i i of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is e. horizontal sectional view taken on the line of J i,

This invention r iates to coin-controlled machines, and perticnleriy to that type which ere used for vending. articles of merchandise.

The resin object or our invention is to provide it machine oi simple construction that comprises few parts end which can he menu-- factored at it small cost.

The niechine herein shown, which represents re preferred iorrn of our invention, is YM'QVM with. a receptacle tor holding theerticie o no venee n rotatahle e ecting" d evice tor csrrying srticles from the recep tacle to it point whe e they can he picked up M purchaser. l rnesns for permitting device to be rotated only when a coin of the proper denomination is inserted in the machine.

Re rin to the drawings, designates a box-lilac casing in which the ejecting device is mounted, said casing also constituting the till or money box of hemachine. T he casmg is provided witr a, hinged cover 2 that carries the receptscie 3 which holds the articles to he vendor The machine herein shown is designed for vending small 'glass tubes with cendy'pills, such as are used ior periurning the breath but it will, of course. he understood that the machine could. he used for vending cigars or various ticles. 'll. receptacle 3 is'in the form or a long chute provided with a glass i5? and. 17?,

panel 5 and having its lower end open, as shown in Figs. 1' and 3. An ejecting device 5" is rotatably mounted in the casing 1 and closes the lower end of the receptacle 3, said ejecting device consisting of a cylinder provided with a plurality of grooves or slots 3 into which the articles drop from the receptacle 3, this cylinder being preferably made of hardwood and l'ieving, two longitudinal grooves formed therein. lLS shown in'Figs. i

and 2.

A horizontal shaft 1 is journalod in the end Walls-of the casing" and the ejecting: device 5 is loosely mounted on said shaft. Rigidly connected to this shaft 7 is a disk S that is located in slinenient with ii slot 5) in the lid of the casing through which the coin is inserted to permit the ejecting device to become operative, said disk being: provided with two grooves ill of i1 proper width to ro ceive a coin ii. The ejecting device is provided with two pins 1; that project toward the coin-receiving dish H hut do not engage the same. l i hen a roln is mounted in one of the slots it) of the disk however. said coin will engage one of the pins 13 and will thus impart rotor iiiUW-Illilil to the (jut ing device whenever he shalt T is turned h means of the himdlo 13 on the outer end thereof. therein causing the article which is seated in the groove is in said ejecting device to he carried into position Where it can drop onto-the receiving clinic 14, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the periphery of the eject ing' device preventing the articles from dropping out oi the opening: at the lower end of the receptacle 3. The ejecting device 5* is retained in position so that one of'its slots 6 is in alineinent with the opening at the lower end of the receptacle hy'nieans of a spring actueted lever 15 thet hears against, a list-- faced portion at one end of the cylinder 5, this fietisced portion preferably consisting of a rectn-ngularsliaped lolocl: 16 so that two faces will he provided for cooperating" with the lever 15. The shaft He also retained in position so thetone of the slots in the coins'eceiving disk 8 will he in aline ment with the slot 9 through. which the coin is introduced, loy means of a springnctueted lever 17 that cooperates with e rectangular shaped hloclr 18 on the shaft 7, these levers ifi snd 1.? being controlled by coiled springs as shown in Figs. 3 end The block 16 on the ejecting device is so formed that it will permit the lever 15 to spring back to normal position and thus return the ejecting device to normal position slightly in advance of the operation of the lever 17, the purpose of this being to carry the pin 12 on said ejecting device, which is in engagement with the coin. out of contact with said coin before the disk 8 has arrived in position to permit the coin to drop onto the bottom of the receptacle 3.

To prevent the ejecting device from being rotated a number of times by means of a coin that has become wedged in the slot 10 in the coin-receiving disk, a stop l8" is secured to the underneath side of the lid 2 .of the casing in the path of movement of the disk 8, as shown in Fig. 4. The machine is also provided with means for preventing the ejecting device from being actuated by a washeror metal slug, this means consisting of a magnet 19 secured to the underneath side of the lid 2 of the casing. When a washer or metal slug is inserted in the slot 9 this magnet 19 will attract it and thus draw it far enough away from the pin 12 on the ejecting device so that it cannot engage said pin and thus rotate the ejecting device when the shaft 7 is rotated. The lid 2 carries a hasp 20 that extends over a staple 21 on the front wall of the casing, a padlock 22 passing through said staple to prevent the lid from being raised.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1 In a vending machine, a cylindrical ej ecting device, an operating shaft upon which said device is loosely mounted, a disk rigidly connected to said, shaft adjacent one end of the ejecting device and provided.

with a slot extending longitudinally of the shaft to receive a coin, apin or stud projecting laterally from the ejecting device and adapted to be engaged by the coin mounted in-said disk, and a air of spring-actuated levers cooperating with portions on the op-' erating shaft and on one end of the ejecting device for holding them in predetermined positions; substantially as described,

2. A vending machine comprising a receptacle for holding the articles to be vended, an ejecting device,\an operating shaft having a coin-receiving member rigidly connected thereto, means on said ejecting device for causing it to be moved only when a coin is mounted insaid member, and a stationary stop arranged in alinement with the coin- -rece1ving member and adapted to be engaged by a com that has become lodged therein for preventing said coin from actuatl l l l 1 l l s i l l ing the ejecting device more than once; substantially as described,

3. A vending machine comprising a rectanular-shaped casing providedwith a-hilwed lid, a receptacle secured to said lid for holding the articles to be vended and being open at its lower end, a horizontal shaft journaled in the end walls of said casing, a cylinder loosely mounted on said shaft and provided with a plurality of recesses for receiving the articles from said receptacle, a disk rigidly connected to the operating shaft adjacent one end of 7 said cylinder and provided with a pluralit of slots disposed longitudinally of the sha t to receive coins, projections on the end of the cylinder that are adapted to be engaged by a coin in one of the slots of said disk and thus transmit the rotary movement of the shaft to the cylinder, a chute into which the articles are discharged from said cylinder, means for holding the cylinder and the operating shaft in position so that only one recess of the cylinder is in alinement with the lower end of the receptacle, and a rigid stop on the underneath side of the lid of the casing arranged in alinement with the coin-receiving disk for preventing the shaft from making more than one com lete revolution when a coin has become we ged in the coin disk; substantially as described.

4. A vending machine consisting of a casing having a hinged cover, a receptacle carried by said cover and having its lower end open, said cover also being provided with a coin slot, a horizontal operating shaft journaled in the walls of the casing, an ejecting device loosely inounted on said shaft for receivvided with a plurality of cross slots for holding coins, pins on one end of the ejecting device projecting toward the coin-receiving disk, a pair of spring-actuated levers cooperating with flat-faced portions on the ejecting device and operating shaft, a stop on the underneath side of the lid of the easing arranged in alinement with the coin-receiving disk, and a magnet on the underneath side of said lid at one end of the coin slot to withdraw a slug or washer out of alinement with the pins on the ejecting device; substantially as described.

in testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses, this thirtieth day of March 1907.

EDGAR B. BICKER. v CHARLES it. SCHILLING. Witnesses:

WELLS L. CHURCH, GEORGE BAKEWELL, 

